Glenn Tipton is a wealthy English guitarist who is worth $20 million. Glenn Tipton is best known as the lead guitarist for the heavy metal band Judas Priest. He and Ian Hill are the only two members of the band who have appeared on every studio record. Rob Halford, the band’s most famous member, was a member from 1973 to 1992 and from 2003 to the present.
Glenn Tipton began playing the guitar at the age of 19 and formed his first band, Shave Em’ Dry, which evolved into Merlin and then the Flying Hat Band. He joined Judas Priest in 1974. The band would go on to release 17 studio albums and 5 live albums. Over 45 million records have been sold globally, with 12 million sold in the United States. The band’s best-selling record, “Screaming for Vengeance,” was certified two times platinum in 1982.
What are some type of guitars used by Glenn Tipton?
Glenn Tipton has used a variety of guitars over the years. Up until roughly 1978, these included a 1960s Fender Stratocaster. He used a black Gibson Les Paul Custom from 1978 to 1979 and then switched to a modified CBS-era Fender Stratocaster with Dimarzio Super-Distortion (humbucking) pickups.
He added a chrome pickguard for t he Screaming for Vengeance tour. He also used a Gibson SG Special that he spray-painted black for this tour. The SG also came with a chrome pickguard and PAF humbuckers. He switched to a Hamer Phantom GT model in 1984, which had one EMG humbucker, a Kahler tremolo, and one volume pot. From 1984 to 1986, a signature model of this was made and marketed to the public.
Tipton still uses this model, albeit with active Seymour Duncan Blackouts pickups. Tipton brought out his Fender Stratocaster and Gibson SG Special for the British Steel 30th Anniversary tour in 2009. As of late 2015, he is now officially supporting ESP guitars, with his own signature model, the GT-600, which is part of ESP’s LTD series and is shaped similarly to ESP’s Viper series.
Below are some of the types of guitars used by the renowned guitarist:
- ESP LTD GT-600 – Currently using.
- Fender Telecaster – in the studio.
- ESP Eclipse acoustic – on stage.
- Ibanez 7621 seven-string guitar – Used in the studio for Demolition (maybe used for the song “In Between”)
- Tipton jokingly admitted that he wanted to make a lamp out of the Legends custom-built acrylic Jaguar-shaped guitar – Tipton jokingly admitted that he wanted to make a lamp out of it, but liked the tone of it and was used for recording Demolition).
- Roland G-707 synth guitar – was mostly used in the studio, used a Hamer Phantom GT with a Roland Hex pickup for stage use.
